14-07-19 Cardiologists at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have developed a minimally invasive（微创性的） gene transplant procedure that changes unspecialized heart cells into biological pacemaker cells that keep the heart steadily beating. The laboratory a...

14-05-10 Scientists showed that people who have a variant of a longevity gene, called KLOTHO, have improved brain skills such as thinking, learning and memory regardless of their age, sex, or whether they have a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. I...

14-04-28 Scientists have known that abnormal brain growth is associated with autism spectrum disorder. However, the relationship between the two has not been well understood. Now, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha...

14-04-23 With gene expression analysis growing in importance for both basic researchers and medical practitioners, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland have developed a new computational method that dramatically speeds up...

14-04-02 It's not a hair-brained idea: A new research report appearing in the April 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal explains why people with a rare balding condition called atrichia（毛发缺乏） with papular lesions lose their hair, and it identifies a strate...

14-03-14 Mutations within the gene FTO have been implicated as the strongest genetic determinant（遗传定子） of obesity risk in humans, but the mechanism behind this link remained unknown. Now, an international team of scientists has discovered that the obes...

14-02-25 Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. Scientist...

13-12-09 Researchers have identified a gene that drives the development of tumours in over one per cent of all cancer patients. This is the first time that the gene CUX1 has been broadly linked to cancer development. The team discovered that, when CUX1 is de...

13-11-14 Johns Hopkins researchers report that the deletion of any single gene in yeast cells puts pressure on the organism's genome to compensate（补偿，赔偿） , leading to a mutation in another gene. Their discovery, which is likely applicable to human gen...

13-08-23 In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body. Researchers say the study suggests this gene, called ATF3, may be the crucial link bet...